Class 1961
Articles and News of Class 1961
Previous lunch on 20131206
Thanks to Bernard who hosted both lunches.
鴛鴦在梁，戢其左翼。君子萬年，宜其遐福
A painting done by Hai Kaw this year for the first wedding anniversary of Jason, elder son of Yu Fong Ying.
Background
Our younger son David got married to Miss Kimberly Jang on April 25, 2015 in Vancouver. For the occasion, I composed a Chinese wedding couplet with the help of a friend and then asked another friend who is a calligrapher to write it out in Chinese ink on red paper. Then I hung it in on the wall of the dining room in our house. I also prepared some explanatory notes for those who wanted them, as below.
Some thoughts that motivated the writing: the first half of the couplet tells the story of David and Kim and the Chinese legendary matchmaker; the second half contains three allusions, one by a Tang poet referring to the inseparable male and female mandarin ducks, and two traditional historical stories of love and respect between husband and wife.
The Wedding Couplet with Explanatory Notes
The 11- character (4+7) couplet:
同窗同社 千里姻緣牽本市 (1) (2) (3)
雙去雙來 舉案畫眉始今朝 (4) (5) (6)
Here is the transcript by Wong Hin-shing and Yu Fong-ying:
6 December, 2014
Dear Hin-Shing:
Your letter and attached photos complete with names arrived a few days ago.
At the happy lunch meeting, there was talk of the next reunion. Would it be Toronto or Hong Kong?
[Please click the image for more pictures.]
(Standing L-R) Michael Tang, Yu Fong Ying, Gilbert Chinn, Robert Lee, Augustine Lam, Ho Kar Wing
(Seated L-R) May Yu, Margaret Chinn, Lily Lee, Martina Lam
After the San Francisco Reunion in September 2014, Augustine and Martina Lam went to visit Father Farren in Ireland.
"Father had been recovering well from recent surgery. He looked younger than a 91 year old."
